by guest blogger | SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning
Music has a great impact on the body and to the soul. It affect your social and emotional well-being. Every song you hear can affect you and at times remind you of the different experiences in your life. It can sometimes make or break you. Oftentimes, music can...
by Elizabeth Peterson | SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning
I am excited to begin a new journey with The Inspired Classroom’s readership! SEAL! Social-Emotional Artistic Learning For years now, I have been exploring how arts integration strategies can be applied to the SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) competencies put...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning
Listening to music has so many benefits and it can be a wonderful way to integrate music into your classroom. Whether you Soundtrack your Classroom or use Active Listening (Listen with a purpose) strategies, you can teach music standards that will also connect to...
by Elizabeth Peterson | SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning, STEAM and Technology in the Classroom
Over the summer I was finally able to bring my family to the Boston Museum of Science. My kids are at the perfect age to enjoy and explore the exhibits and activities: everything from the dinosaurs to the electricity, the explorations of sound and space. We saw a show...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning
What better way to teach students about Social Emotional Learning than through the ARTS? A colleague of mine said it best: “Art IS SEL!” And if music is an expression of humanity, then music is a way we can learn about our abilities to love and be...
by Elizabeth Peterson | Arts Education and Integration, SEAL: Social-Emotional Artistic Learning
For the last two months, my class has been doing something special each Friday: Friendly Fridays. These are small activities that build on Social Relationships between classmates. In the past they have made notes and pictures for each other and practiced writing and...
